NUCLEAR POWER AND PROPULSION IN SPACE

GoogleNaut · GoogleNaut

I did some rough calculations for a Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine of the Phoebis-2 class, which was a 5,000 MWt class engine capable of generating nearly 250,000 lbf of thrust with greater than 860 sec of specific impulse. Had Project NERVA continued, this engine could have flown as Saturn upper sta...

John · John

One issue with nuclear thermal propulsion that I would like some feedback is the question of long term storage of liquid hydrogen propellant on a long trip to Mars for example. This trip will last for over two years with minimum energy transfer orbits. Even if we go a little faster we will still have t...

NUKE ROCKY44 · NUKE ROCKY44

Top NASA managers will decide next week the fate of the Mars Science Laboratory, a nuclear-powered astrobiology rover that already has cost $1.5 billion and is likely to hit the 30-percent overrun ceiling that could trigger cancellation by Congress. Officials from the agency's Mars Exploration...

10kBq Jaro · 10kBq Jaro

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/08/05/226329/nasa-to-test-plasma-engine-on-space-station.html 05/08/08 Flight International NASA to test plasma engine on space station By Rob Coppinger NASA expects to sign an agreement to test a new propulsion system on the Internation...

NUKE ROCKY44 · NUKE ROCKY44

Malin Space Science Systems, Inc. (MSSS), has delivered the first of four science cameras it is developing for the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover mission. link

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	LOX Augmented NTR for SSTO applications (Preview) I did some rough calculations for a Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine of the Phoebis-2 class, which was a 5,000 MWt class engine capable of generating nearly 250,000 lbf of thrust with greater than 860 sec of specific impulse. Had Project NERVA continued, this engine could have flown as Saturn upper sta...	GoogleNaut	7	3917	Nov 15, 2008 by GoogleNaut
	Long Term Storage LH2 (Preview) One issue with nuclear thermal propulsion that I would like some feedback is the question of long term storage of liquid hydrogen propellant on a long trip to Mars for example. This trip will last for over two years with minimum energy transfer orbits. Even if we go a little faster we will still have t...	John	14	1332	Nov 5, 2008 by GoogleNaut
	NASA threat to cut MSL (Preview) Top NASA managers will decide next week the fate of the Mars Science Laboratory, a nuclear-powered astrobiology rover that already has cost $1.5 billion and is likely to hit the 30-percent overrun ceiling that could trigger cancellation by Congress. Officials from the agency's Mars Exploration...	NUKE ROCKY44	3	587	Oct 13, 2008 by NUKE ROCKY44
	NASA to test plasma engine on space station (Preview) http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/08/05/226329/nasa-to-test-plasma-engine-on-space-station.html 05/08/08 Flight International NASA to test plasma engine on space station By Rob Coppinger NASA expects to sign an agreement to test a new propulsion system on the Internation...	10kBq Jaro	3	827	Aug 8, 2008 by GoogleNaut
	MSL get cameras (Preview) Malin Space Science Systems, Inc. (MSSS), has delivered the first of four science cameras it is developing for the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover mission. link	NUKE ROCKY44	0	560	Jul 22, 2008 by NUKE ROCKY44
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